Monday, 25 May 2015

Second Indianapolis 500 victory tougher than the first for Montoya

(Steve Swope for Team Penske)

Team Penske’s Juan Pablo Montoya was absolutely over the
moon after securing his first Indianapolis 500 victory since the year 2000.

Montoya in only his second season back in the Verizon
IndyCar Series came through the field from 30th place to lead home a
Team Penske 1-2 finish with defending Series champion Will Power ending the
race in second place with Ganassi Racing’s Charlie Kimball finishing the race
in third place.

Montoya returned to IndyCar following a spell in Formula One
with Williams and McLaren before returning to America to team up once again
with Chip Ganassi who he won his first Indianapolis 500 race with in the year
2000 except this time he was racing for Ganassi’s NASCAR team from 2007 after
leaving the McLaren Formula One team in 2006 where he drove alongside current
Scuderia Ferrari driver Kimi Raikkonen.

Speaking following his Indianapolis 500 victory, Montoya
stated that he felt that this year’s win was tougher than his victory here in
the year 2000. The Colombian won the 2000 event which was his debut Indianapolis
500 with Chip Ganassi Racing.

When discussing his victory on Sunday he said that it was ‘exciting’.
Montoya heads to Verizon IndyCar double header at Belle Isle this weekend
having attended his lead in the championship to 25 points over Penske team mate
Will Power.